John Stabb Email & Phone Number

Montreal, QC, CA

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area

Partnering with disruptive technology companies to help them achieve maximum growth and profitability

- Responsible for the company's overall vision, strategy, direction and results, as a member of 8-person senior management team which included the 3 principals- Prepared organization to make it attractive to buyers as per owners' objective. Company sold to Sterno Products for $50 million Cdn in January 2016- Developed organizational structure and set.

- Identified and targeted areas of potential to increase revenue and / or improve profitability- Designed and introduced effective marketing strategies- Built up superior sales teams by targeting and recruiting exceptional performers in the industry

- Managed $100 million+ eastern Canadian IT Solutions territory to ensure VAR franchisee adherence to head office policies and systems and to maximize head office profitability and long-term viability- Contributed to the designing and driving of 2 key strategies; 1- increasing corporately owned locations' revenues and 2- improving all locations'.

- Developed a Y2K solution for our VAR and IT consultant franchisees to resell to their clients- Researched vendors and products and negotiate terms and conditions- Created launch of solution including marketing programs and comprehensive training program- Positioned sale of Division and shared in revenue when sold to Telus

- Negotiated deals and programs with IT hardware and software manufacturers- Tasked with creating profit potential for both franchisees, corporate locations and the head office- Managed inventory and pricing- Created training programs for locations to more effectively sell (lunch and learns).- Designed and implemented incentive programs for salesmen to.

Bachelors, Marketing

Activities and Societies: VP Finance Club, Outdoors Club, DJ

Education record

Activities and Societies: DJ, Public Speaking, Ski Team